Fig. 2

Pictures of the patient’s Ultrasound Cardiogram. Preprocedural TTE shows (A) severe AS with a calcified aortic valve (AV) and an aortic valve area (AVA) of 0.80 cm2; (B) the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) diameter was 2.0 cm; and (C) the maximum peak gradients in the LVOT and AV were 5 mmHg and 84 mmHg, respectively; the maximum systolic flow velocities of the LVOT and AV were 1.12 m/s and 4.58 m/s, respectively. TTE at the one-year follow-up shows (D, E) that the maximum peak gradients in the LVOT and AV were 55 mmHg and 12 mmHg, respectively; the maximum systolic flow velocities in the LVOT and AV were 3.70 m/s and 1.71 m/s, respectively; the AVA was 4.11 cm2; and (F) the LVOT diameter was 0.60 cm